Fingerprints Don't Lie (1951)

User Rating:

4.0/10   

Director:

Sam Newfield

Writer:

Orville H. Hampton (original screenplay)

Release Date:

23 February 1951 (USA)

Genre:

Short | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

HANDS OFF! (original poster)

Plot:

The killing of Mayor Palmer (Forrest Taylor) is being placed on Paul Moody (Richard Emory) by fingerprint...

Plot Keywords:

Fingerprints | Mayor | Murder | Killing | Blackmail

Cast

Richard Travis	...	James Stover
Sheila Ryan	...	Carolyn Palmer
Sid Melton	...	Hypo Dorton
Tom Neal	...	Prosecuting Attorney
Margia Dean	...	Nadine Connell
Lyle Talbot	...	Police Lt. Grayson
Michael Whalen	...	Police Commissioner Frank Kelso
Richard Emory	...	Paul Moody
Dee Tatum	...	Connie Duval
George Eldredge	...	King Sullivan
Rory Mallinson	...	Brad Evans
Karl 'Killer' Davis	...	Rod Barenger (as Karl Davis)
Zon Murray	...	Defense Attorney
Syra Marty	...	Syra, the Blonde Model (as Syra)
Forbes Murray	...	Judge Edwin Monroe

Also Known As:

Fingerprints (USA) (TV title)

Runtime:

57 min | USA:26 min (edited version) (TV)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #15042)

Company:

Spartan Productions

Trivia:

Re-titled, and edited down to less than thirty minutes, it was sold to television in the early 1950's as part of a syndicated half hour mystery show.

Worse than "Plan 9..."

Easily the worst movie ever made - - - I think it beats "Plan 9 from Outer Space". Maybe it is Plan 10. Seems to have been made on a budget of $ 17.25. If I remember correctly, a scene at a railroad station was orchestrated by a background projection of the side of a railroad car with puffs of smoke coming from left and right! Uggh.